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1
The shorthand designation of my MoSi refers to a person whom an American Ego would call
A)cousin
B)aunt
C)brother-in-law
D)niece
2
In a kinship diagram, single lines joining symbols for a male and a female denote what type of relationships?
A)consanguineal ties
B)affinal ties
C)residence ties
D)adaptive ties
3
A newlywed couple moves into the house of the groom's mother's brothers to live. They are practicing
A)matrifocal residence.
B)patrilocal residence.
C)matrilocal residence.
D)avunculocal residence.
4
Group marriage was practiced by
A)the Trobrianders of Melanesia.
B)the Kaingang of Brazil.
C)the Yurok of California
D)the Masai of Kenya.
5
In horticultural and pastoral societies, where more wives means more workers and higher status, a common form of marriage is
A)monogamy.
B)polyandry.
C)polygyny.
D)group marriage.
6
Which of the following is a TRUE statement regarding marriage from an anthropological perspective?
A)Cross-culturally, most marriages between people occur for reasons of romantic love.
B)Marriage rarely involves an economic partnership.
C)Few cultures accept extramarital sexual relationships.
D)In most cultures, marriage involves a change in role and status in the society for the husband and wife.
7
Households consisting of single moms and their children in the United States are examples of
A)matrilocal residence.
B)avunculocal residence.
C)matrifocal residence.
D)ambilocal residence.
8
How did men of low social rank among the Yurok of California manage to arrange to pay bridewealth debt?
A)They exchanged a sister in marriage to the other group.
B)They raised wealth through reciprocal obligations.
C)The groom pledges to work for two years for the bride's family.
D)The groom agreed to live matrilocally.
9
As a rule, the Yanomamo usually marry
A)into other tribes.
B)cross-cousins.
C)parallel cousins.
D)their sisters.
10
The most common residence pattern based on the number of societies that desire this form of residence after marriage is
A)matrilocal.
B)patrilocal.
C)bilocal.
D)neolocal.
11
Among the Nayar of India after marriage a man lives with his
A)wife.
B)wife and her parent.
C)mother and sisters.
D)father and brothers.
12
Matrilocal residence includes all of the following situations EXCEPT living
A)the same house as the bride's mother.
B)on the same property as the bride's mother.
C)in the house of the groom's mother.
D)in the village of the bride's mother.





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